Love Song - Barry McGuire, The New Christy Minstrels

Head under water

And they tell me

To breathe easy for a while

The breathing gets harder

Even I know that

You made room for me

But it’s too soon to see

If I’m happy in your hands

I’m unusually hard to hold on to

Blank stares at blank pages

No easy way to say this

You mean well but you make this hard on me

I’m not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you ask for it

'Cause you need one

You see, I’m not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it’s

Make or breakin' this if you’re on your way

I’m not gonna write you to stay

If all you have is leavin'

I’ma need a better reason

To write you a love song today (Yeah)

Today, yeah

I learned the hard way

That they all say

Things you wanna hear

And my heavy heart

Sinks deep down under you and your twisted words

Your help just hurts

You are not what I thought you were

Hello to high and dry

Convinced me to please you

Made me think that I need this too

I’m tryin' to let you hear me as I am

I’m not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you ask for it

'Cause you need one

You see, I’m not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it’s

Make or breakin' this if you’re on your way

I’m not gonna write you to stay

If all you have is leavin'

I’ma need a better reason

To write you a love song today

Promise me (Ah, ah, ah)

That you’ll leave the light on (Ah, ah, ah)

To help me see (Ah, ah, ah)

With daylight, my guide, gone (Ah, ah, ah)

'Cause I believe, there’s a way (Ah, ah, ah)

You can love me because I say I won’t write you a love song

'Cause you ask for it

'Cause you need one (Mhm)

You see, I’m not gonna write you a love song (ooh)

'Cause you tell me it’s

Make or breakin' this

Is that why you wanted, a love song?

(Yeah)

'Cause you asked for it

'Cause you need one

You see, I’m not gonna write you a love song (Write you a love song)

'Cause you tell me it’s

Make or breakin' this

If you’re on your way (Oh, oh)

I’m not gonna write you to stay

If your heart is nowhere in it

I don’t want it for a minute (for a minute)

Babe, I’ll walk the seven seas (the seven seas)

When I believe that there’s a reason

To write you a love song today (write you a love song today)

Today, yeah